When to see the 'flower' supermoon -- a total lunar eclipse

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The Anishnaabe tribe calls Wednesday's full moon "waabigwani-giizis" or "blossom moon." The Lakota tribe on the Northern Plains call it "canwape to wi" or "moon of the green leaves." This year it coincides with a lunar eclipse. #LunarEclipse2021

When to see the 'flower' supermoon — a total lunar eclipse
The "flower" supermoon is the closest full moon to Earth in 2021, making it appear bigger and brighter in the sky. It's also the first total lunar eclipse in nearly two-and-a-half years.
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2:27 PM · May 21, 2021

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/20/world/full-moon-may-total-lunar-eclipse-scn/index.html

This supermoon will be the closest moon to Earth in 2021, according to EarthSky.

There are two to four supermoons each year. These lunar events are often a brilliant sight to see because they are brighter and larger than a normal full moon. The definition of a supermoon varies, but it's generally defined by how close the moon is to the Earth.

May's supermoon will also be the first total lunar eclipse since January 2019, according to EarthSky. It will take the moon just over three hours to cross through the Earth's shadow, but the actual lunar eclipse will last under 15 minutes.

During the eclipse, the moon will have a reddish hue from the sunlight filtering through the Earth's atmosphere, according to NASA, so you can also refer to this month's event as a "blood moon."

Depending on your location, you may be able to get a glimpse of part of the eclipse. Most of North and South America will be able to see it in the early morning hours while eastern Asia and Australia will see it in the evening.

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[MagickMuffin]

1. Thanks for posting

should be fun!

[Midnight Writer]

2. The date for this is May 26. I couldn't find that in the article.

[soothsayer]

3. I just look for our next rainy forecast. It'll be then.

[ProfessorGAC]

5. According To The Map Link...

...our skies here have been cloudy 68% of the time since 2000.
I wrote in on the calendar but I'm not optimistic.

[soothsayer]

6. Perseids. Leonids. Geminids. I don't need the weatherman. I just know what's going to happen.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Yeah, The Comet

I was in a prime location for that. Drive 25 miles ESE into farm country. Very little light pollution.
Cloudy the whole week!
I got to see nothing.
This, BTW, includes one night where the cloud bank hovered at the Illinois/Indiana state line. Skies above me were clear, but couldn't look to the eastern sky because of clouds!
Bad luck.

[soothsayer]

8. Hey maybe now that I complained, we'll have luck!

Here’s hoping

[smirkymonkey]

4. Beautiful!

Unfortunately, those of us on the east coast will see little to nothing of this since it will be peaking when the moon is starting to set, so those in the central and western states will have the best chance of seeing the eclipse.

If any of you in the western half of the country can get pictures and post, that would be much appreciated by those of us on the Atlantic seaboard.